Holder



J. R. NUNNS.

HOLDER, APPLICATIQN FILED APR. 28, 1920.

Patented May 3,1921.

INVENTOR @ATTQRNEY UNITED STATES JOHN R. NUNNS, OF WATERBURY,CONNECTICUT.

HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application filed April 28, 1920. Serial No. 377,327.

cured to portable articles such as scissors,

pens, pencils, and like articles, its object being to so construct theholder that two separate means are provided for attachably securing anarticle to a garment, and it consists of a supporting base, a springclip integral therewith, and a safety pin overlying the clip.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same figures andletters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one form of the holder securedto a pair of scissors showing a projection of the coil of the pinattached to the spring clip.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken view of the spring clip and pin showing themanner of spcuring the pin construction to the spring 0 1p.

Fig. 3 is a view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the holder shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a broken view of a metal strip showing the shape of the blank.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged broken view of a pair of scissors showing the clipsupport in? tegral therewith.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan view of a holder showing the supporting base,spring clip, pin and cap made of a single piece of metal, also a leverdetachably secured to the clip portion of the device, and

Fig. 8 is an elevation of the same.

The holders shown in the several views are particularly adapted forscissors. Referring to Fig. 1, the base 1 is attached to the scissors 2by means of the screws 3, 4, the former being the pivotal screw for theblades. The spring clip feature 5 is an extension of the base 1 andnormally rests under spring tension against the clip support 6 of thescissors. The coil 7 of the pin 8,

Figs. 2 and 3, is located at the free end of the clip 5 with theprojecting end 7 of the coil anchored in the upright 9 pierced from theclip, Fig. 5. The cap 10, adapted to protect the end of the pin, is alsoan integral part of the base 1, and is blanked from the metal strip 11with the base and clip. The ears 12, Figs. 2 and 3, are also piercedfrom the clip and bent inward to maintain the vertical position of thecoil 7.

Figs. 7 and 8 show a construction of the holder embodying the sameprinciple as in the preceding views with this exception, the base I clip5 pin 8 cap 10, and the fulcrum 13, are integral. Means for lifting theclip end of the holder to allow the se curement of the device inposition consists of the lever 14 resting on the fulcrum 13. This leveris detachably secured to the clip by means of the chair 15 embracing theedges of the clip. The holes 16 in all of the bases are for theadmission of the screws 3 and 4:.

As before mentioned, the object of the invention is to provide twoseparate means whereby an article, on which the holder is mounted, maybe detachably secured to a garment. lVith men, the clip is the universalmeans employed for temporarily securing the holder to the edge of thevest pocket. But womens garments provide no means, so far as known,whereby a holder can be detachably secured thereto. In large clothingmanufacturing establishments, employing, principally, women, there is aconstant loss of scissors, either through accident, carelessness orboth. By means of the safety pin feature of the holder, it is but asimple matter for a woman employee to secure the scissors on any desiredpart of her garment, with full assurance that they will be in herpossession whether she is temporarily absent or at work.

Forming the principal parts of the holder from a single piece of metalwill produce a stronger and more economical combination than if theseelements were simply an assemblage of separate units. The shape of thebase will necessarily vary in accordance with the shape of the articleto which the holder is to be attached.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. A holder of thecharacter described, comprising a base, clip and cap formed of a singlepiece of metal, a safety pin overlying the clip adapted to engage thecap, means for securing the base of the holder to an article, andsupporting means on said article adapted to be engaged by the clip.

2. A holder of the character'described,

. gaged by the clip.

4:. A holder of the character described, comprising a base adapted to besecured to a portable article, said base having an extension to form aspring clip, and a safety pin and its protecting cap overlying the clipand base.

5. In combination with an article having a support thereon, a cliphaving a hole to receive a screw on the article at one end and havingits opposite end formed for engagement with the support, said last namedend of the clip having a pin, a cap borne by the clip to engage the freeend of the pin, and a lever secured to the clip to raise same up fromthe support.

6. In combination with an article having a raised supportthereon, a cliphaving a hole to receive a screw at one end and having its opposite endformed for engagement with the support, the end of the clip having thehole being flat and seated on the article. I

7. In combination with an article having a support thereon, extendingtransversely of the article, a clip having one end resting on thesupport and movable upwardly therefrom, means to secure the opposite endof the clip to the article, a lever connected at one end to the clip,and a fulcrum for the lever whereby upon depression of the free end ofthelever the clip will be raised up from the support.

8. An article holder including a base having one end extended to form aclip, a fulcrum borne by the base and extending upwardly therefrom, alever connected at one end to the free end portion of the clip andengaged between its ends with the fulcrum and having its opposite endfree so that upon depression of the free lever end the clip will bemoved away from the article.

9. An article holder including a base having one end extended to form aclip, a fulcrum borne by the base and extending upwardly therefrom, alevereonnected at one end to the free end portion of the clip andengaged between its ends with the fulcrum and having its opposite endfree so that upon depression of the free lever end the clip will bemoved away from the article, said base havlng a cap and the clip beingextended to form a pin which latter has a free end engageable with thecap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

7 JOHN R. NUNNS.

